BNP Paribas is a global bank with four domestic markets in Europe: Belgium, France, Italy and Luxembourg. It is represented by 185,000 employees in 75 countries worldwide. The BNP Paribas Group has been active in Germany since 1947 and has successfully positioned itself on the market with 13 companies. Private customers, companies and institutions are looked after by roughly 4,700 employees at 19 locations all over the country. The wide-ranging products and services offered by BNP Paribas are almost identical to that of a universal bank.

BNP Paribas is a market leader in many areas or occupies key positions on the market. The Group is one of the best capitalised banks in the world and already meets the Basel III Accord’s requirements with its core capital ratio today.

Through the acquisition of DAB Bank the BNP Paribas Group strongly boosts its retail presence in Germany. With Consorsbank and DAB Bank, the Group ranks fifth digital bank in Germany serving 1.5 million clients.

COMPAREX Bulgaria OOD is a member of the COMPAREX Group, which is a global IT provider specializing in license management, sourcing, technical product consulting and cloud-based professional services. With a track record spanning thirty years, COMPAREX serves the public-sector, SMB and large international corporations. Its portfolio includes software licenses from more than 3,000 vendors as well as consultancy and professional services.

The company is the Nr. 1 Microsoft Licensing Solution Partner (LSP) in Germany and a leader in Europe. In addition, the company holds more than 4,750 certifications from 70 manufacturers such as Microsoft, Citrix, VMware, Adobe, Symantec, McAfee and Hitachi, IBM and EMC.

The COMPAREX Group employs more than 2,150 people across Europe, Asia, Africa and the Americas. In fiscal year 2014/15 the COMPAREX Group generated revenue of €1.770 billion / $2,236 billion.

What began as PC-Ware Information Technologies AG, has developed into the international IT services company COMPAREX.

VMware is the industry leader in virtualization software. Its technologies reduce IT complexity and optimize operational processes, enabling organizations to work more agile, more efficient and profitable. Whether in the data center, in the cloud or on mobile devices: Through infrastructure virtualization VMware offers IT the opportunity, to provide services anytime, anywhere on devices of all kinds.

VMware radically transforms the IT – with technologies by which companies become more flexible, more efficient and profitable. As a pioneer in virtualization and policy-based automation VMware simplifies IT complexity throughout the data center.

The company offers more than 500,000 customers added value with its virtualization software, professional services and a partner network of more than 55,000 partner companies, which ensures the cross-application interoperability and greater choices for the clients.

Currently VMware employs more than 18,000 employees at 120+ locations worldwide.

DSK Bank was established in 1951 as a state savings institution – the only deposit and credit institution in the country at that time. On April 15, 1998, DSK was transformed into a commercial bank. Later on the successful transit from a state-owned into an exceptionally operating and efficient private bank was completed. Along with its subsidiaries, it managed to build a strong financial group of dynamic development, that is modern and flexible, focusing on the needs of all its clients, with a wide variety of services, including pension insurance, asset management, security, cash collection and transportation, recreation-related services, etc. Not only did DSK Bank establish itself as a preferred partner in banking but different surveys over the years have shown that the Bank remains the leader in trust, as well and the most recognized bank in Bulgaria. Servicing over three million customers, DSK Bank practically reaches every Bulgarian family. Disposing of the largest branch network in Bulgaria, the bank has an incomparable service-provision infrastructure, it is well acquainted with the local potential  and offers high level of servicing through individual approach and full range of bank products and services tailor made to the needs of all customer segments, SME included.

Hahn Air Systems GmbH is the world’s leading company for sales solutions in the aviation industry and a member of the International Air Transportation Association (IATA).

Hahn Air is a German scheduled airline that has specialised in distribution services for other airlines since 1999. The company only offers its sales services to airlines and travel agencies and does not serve passengers directly.

Hahn Air Systems operates the world’s leading e-ticketing platform and allows travel agencies to access more than 300 air & rail partners in more than 190 markets using global distribution systems (GDS). 95,000 travel agencies rely on their services and issue single connection and multiple connection tickets with our partners using the Hahn Air ticket (HR-169), which is covered with insolvency insurance. Millions of passengers travel to and from 4,000 different airports using their electronic tickets.

Hostway Services, Inc. was founded in 1998 and has been serving the infrastructure and hosting needs of small and medium sized businesses ever since. The company has grown from a small cadre of people to a corporation with 400 employees worldwide and offices in the USA, England, Germany, the Netherlands, France, Korea and Canada. As a leader in Cloud Hosting, Managed Hosting, and Email and Applications, Hostway delivers reliable, secure, and scalable solutions to more than 500,000 customers worldwide.

From simple websites to highly technical requirements, startups to mature companies - Hostway solutions are designed to help the customers at every stage of their business. The company provides the infrastructure, tools, and support, the needed flexibility and is the forefront of driving ease of use in the hosting industry. Other driving factors for Hostway’s success have been their total dedication to customer’s satisfaction as well as large investments in network infrastructure.

Hostway’s solutions include: Website Presence, E-Commerce, Disaster Recovery, Application Hosting, Email Hosting.

infoWAN Datenkommunikation GmbH is a Management Consultancy for companies with complex IT-infrastructures. infoWAN offers the complete range of services including consulting, training, support, software development and distribution of software.

Their Technical Expertise is based on Microsoft Technologies including; Active Directory/Windows, Exchange Server, Threat Management Gateway and SharePoint Server. The company also has a strong background in Security, Terminal Server and solutions with CITRIX, and Client Design and Migration Projects.

The portfolio of infoWAN includes sales and distribution of software solutions that have been carefully selected. These solutions support archiving, backup & recovery, antivirus, (mobile) messaging and administration tools for Microsoft Outlook/Exchange. All solutions are not only sold, but also are planned, installed and supported by request.

The proof of the excellent quality of offered third-party products by infoWAN is given by the fact that many products have won different Microsoft awards (e.g. MEC Award). infoWAN has solid international partnerships with software and hardware manufacturers.

PAYBACK is the leading loyalty program in Germany. PAYBACK is the largest and most popular German bonus scheme and also the largest couponing platform in Germany. The owner PAYBACK GmbH is a subsidiary of Loyalty Partner GmbH. Customers can currently choose from more than 650 well-known companies, collect online and mobile points and redeem them according to their wishes in exchange for vouchers, rewards or Lufthansa miles or donate to relief projects.

PAYBACK is Germany's largest multichannel marketing platform. PAYBACK enables companies synchronized multichannel communications via print mailings, the PAYBACK points overview, the PAYBACK e-mail newsletters, the payback.de - one of the largest e-commerce sites, the successful PAYBACK APP and one of the fastest growing Facebook fan sites in Germany.

PlanB. GmbH is a highly specialized provider of consulting and implementation services for sophisticated IT infrastructure solutions and applications.

In the specific market segment, platforms and applications for digitization and related digital transformation based on Microsoft technologies, PlanB. GmbH is one of the leading technology providers in the German market.

The company currently employs more than 40 employees at 5 locations in two countries. As a Microsoft Gold Partner PlanB. accompanies its customers throughout the entire lifecycle of a solution. Its longstanding technological expertise, coupled with the use of appropriate project methods and operating models, represent the optimal basis for the project's success. The service portfolio includes Cloud Productivity & Social Enterprise, Cloud Platform, Security & Identity, Mobility & Devices, Governance & Control (DevOps) as well as Nearshore Software Development & Remote Operation.

Plan B. GmbH is a member of the global Azure Advisors Programme within the product group of Microsoft Corp. and selected partner for complex projects with Microsoft Consulting Services (Top 5 Partners Worldwide).

SinnerSchrader Mobile is a full-service mobile agency in Berlin with enthusiasm for future technologies: from mobile applications to connected services to the development of Connected Hardware.

The agency offers strategy, conception, design, prototyping, technical development and testing from a single source. They design, create and develop mobile applications (for smartphones and tablets), web applications and responsive sites, connected services (Smartwatch, Beacon, CarPlay, Android car, etc.) and connected hardware (IoT) for their customers. SinnerSchrader Mobile works both with emerging start-ups as well as established industrial customers.

The service portfolio covers the entire spectrum of mobile services. Whether Android, iOS, Windows (Phone), mobile websites or Connected Services: with SinnerSchrader Mobile the customers work with a leading full service agency with focus on a holistic and platform-specific user experience.

Smarthouse Media GmbH is a globally active, leading full service provider of online financial applications. The Karlsruhe company combines expertise in consulting, creation and technology – supporting its clients in provider and data management as well as the conception, design, development, refinement and hosting of innovative online solutions.

Banks, online brokers, media portals, investment funds and financial service providers in more than 25 countries rely on Smarthouse's complete online consulting services and solutions for the financial market. Smarthouse offers both individual applications and a standardized content management system that is tailored to the capital market and integrated into systems it has developed.

Thanks to successful solutions like finanzen.net, a financial portal that has grown to be its own independent company, Smarthouse has become a leading provider, above all in the area of structured products, in recent years.

Its success is based on a competent, perfectly trained and highly qualified workforce that always makes use of the best technologies to creatively implement client projects, and has the highest quality management standards. Since 2000, Axel Springer SE, one of Europe's leading integrated multi-media companies, has held a majority stake in Smarthouse.

trommsdorff + drüner, innovation + marketing consultants GmbH (td) is an internationally operating consulting company specialized in innovation marketing and management.

Founded in 1999, today td supports companies with 90 employees in Berlin and Beijing at the mission-critical points in marketing and innovation processes and is dedicated to the problem solving from the first ideas to the successful implementation.

The central areas of competence of TD are: Digital & Social Media, Innovation & Strategy and Consumer Insights & New Data.

Easy Consult has stood for quality and innovation on the Bulgarian Human Resources Solutions  market with uncompromised recognition since 2004. Their team is dedicated to the idea of delivering timely and customized services to the clients – some of the most prominent and preferred employers in the country.

The individual approach to each client’s need has naturally enlarged both their expertise and portfolio throughout the years. Easy Consult has successfully supported a wide range of businesses across the country - from Retail and E-commerce through Financial Services, Process and Discrete Manufacturing, Utilities, Hospitality, Professional Services or Transportation and Logistics.

In a competitive and tremendously developing IT and IT Outsourcing market in Bulgaria, Easy Consult has created a dedicated team of skilled and technically aware professionals to respond to the most demanding and urgent needs for Software development, Technical and Infrastructure support and Customer care experts and leaders in the field. 

Melexis Bulgaria was established in 2000. It evolved from the well-known Bulgarian electronic company, Sigma Delta. Since 2000 the company has been expanding and facing new challenges. Melexis strong commitment to its employees and continued investment in their facilities, staff and community have allowed a continuous growth in both technical, production and administration staff.

For over a decade, their customers in the automotive electronics market have inspired Melexis to create, manufacture and deliver advanced Mixed Signal semiconductors, sensor ICs, and programmable sensor IC systems. Through the stringent quality expectations, hostile operating conditions and aggressive economic targets demanded by the automotive customers, Melexis has developed the capability to produce world class, value driven, innovative products. Industry leading innovation in programmable sensors, sensor interface devices and microcontrollers provide their customers with competitive advantage in system cost, capability and flexibility.

The IKEA Group operates throughout the whole value chain from range strategy and product development to production, distribution and retail. This includes our own manufacturing units, purchasing operations offices, distribution and customer distribution centers, shopping centers and 328 stores in 28 countries. In total, the IKEA Group has operations in 43 countries.

Balkan Services brings experience in the IT market for more than ten years offering to enterprises the most efficient and reliable solutions to their information demands.

Our vision is to create a company synonymous to professional and integral IT consultant, to complement the expertise of our customers and partners and accomplish their goals by building on long-term relationships.

Our expertise in the technology sector forms our mission: to provide IT solutions to our customers which improve the management of information and transform it to useful knowledge and, therefore, to provide the tools for better and more accurate management decisions. We help the customer to turn the data into valuable insight and to squeeze efficiency from daily operations. These aims we achieve with the most suitable set of technologies for every business case.

In this task we emphasize our belief in people and fostering the best team to maintain the highest level of services to our customers. We, constantly, invest in our personnel and their professional development to be able always to provide the most productive solution.

We create comfort for people in motion. Our motto "Comfort in motion" stands for climate control and operation that allows all passengers in the car to feel comfortable. No matter what the climate zones, weather and driving conditions are like, we offer perfectly developed and matched products that make an essential contribution to relaxed and safe driving. Our portfolio includes control panels, control units, blower controllers and sensors.

Proximity to our customers, interdisciplinary cooperation and innovation power are the basis of our successful company development. At our locations in Germany, the USA, China, India, Japan and Bulgaria we use the opportunities offered by global markets for purchasing, development and production.

In doing so, we rely on and trust in the dedicated and highly-qualified staff in our global business networks.

ContourGlobal was founded in 2005 by current CEO Joseph Brandt, along with Reservoir Capital Group, a $7.3 billion USD New York-based investment fund. Today, the company is uniquely positioned to continue its expansion through various ongoing growth projects.

We are a developer and operator of electric power and district heating businesses. We manage, own and operate an existing portfolio of 41 power plants with approximately 3,718 megawatts (“MW”) of installed gross capacity in operation or under construction, which makes up our total installed gross portfolio capacity. Our current portfolio spans 17 countries and 4 continents with a weighted average sovereign rating of BBB (weighted by capacity), utilizing a wide range of fuel types, technology and equipment. Of the 41 power plants in our current portfolio, 36 are currently operating with a combined installed gross capacity of approximately 3,145 MW, which represents approximately 84.6% of our portfolio capacity (our portfolio capacity consists of our operating assets and projects under construction that currently do not generate energy).   In addition to our operating assets, we also have six projects under construction with a total gross capacity of approximately 573 MW, which comprises the remaining 15.4% of our current portfolio capacity.

Siemens Bulgaria is part of Siemens AG – a world leader in the manufacturing of innovative products, technologies and solutions in the fields of electrification, automation and digitalization. The company is a leading supplier of combined cycle turbines for power generation, a major provider of power transmission solutions and a pioneer in infrastructure solutions as well as automation, drive and software solutions for industry. Siemens is also a leading provider of medical imaging equipment  and a leader in laboratory diagnostics as well as clinical IT.

Siemens has been active in Bulgaria since the end of the 19th century and has been closely linked to some of the most important technological innovations in the country. The company aims not just to supply its clients with innovative and reliable products and services, but also to built a wide network of Bulgarian partner firms and to create added value by exchanging know-how and leading business practices.

Visteon designs, engineers and manufactures vehicle cockpit electronics products and connected car solutions that deliver a rich, connected experience for drivers and passengers.  As one of the most recognized automotive suppliers in the world, Visteon is technology-driven, flexible and enjoys a diversified customer base and broad global footprint.

The cockpit electronics market is one of the fastest-growing segments of the automotive industry – expected to be 40 to 45 percent of the industry’s total buy in the next decade. As one of the world’s three largest cockpit electronics providers – and the only one focused exclusively on this segment – Visteon is well-positioned to capitalize on this growth.

Today, automakers generally offer consumers cockpit electronics products separately, but that is expected to transform to a holistic experience driven from an integrated, single device. Electronic module consolidation will bring new opportunities to enhance the user experience for driver-driven vehicles, semi-autonomous vehicles, and eventually fully autonomous vehicles.

S&T AG is a leading provider of comprehensive consulting, outsourcing, systems integration and IT services in Central and Eastern Europe.
The company offers a large portfolio of innovative proprietary technologies, professional services and first-class IT products.

Mtel is a leading company on the telecommunications market in Bulgaria with a 20-year long history. The telecom has 39% market share and offers its services to more than 4,2 million customers. Mtel plays an important role as a driving force for the economy and society in Bulgaria with more than 3.5 billion BGN investments since the company’s incorporation. Mtel provides mobile and fixed voice services, broadband Internet, DTH service and IPTV.

The Medical University of Varna is a high-tech university and has more than half a century of history and traditions. The classical models of teaching at the university are well combined with the latest technologies – 3D anatomy training and a system for complementary e-learning rich in electronic content.

The Medical University of Varna offers uncompromised quality of training and it is the first and the only university in Bulgaria which introduced the model of the European Foundation for Quality Management (EFQM ®) for Business Excellence in 2008. The diplomas issued by the University are recognized in all European countries. The preferred University for students from 44 countries all over the world has 82 international partners from 5 continents. Over 50 000 alumni of the Medical University of Varna have lived and worked in more than 40 countries around the world since 1961.

The university offers to its students modern environment with unlimited opportunities for their development – high-tech labs and training premises, a library with electronic reading rooms and access to the best world information databases, modern sport facilities and professional football, volleyball and tennis coaches, a rehearsal hall for the university rock band, a drama and folk dance troupes.Study medicine in Bulgaria.